My wife and I climbed this to get in shape for our trek on the Haute Route later in the year. We were hoping to do the CMD route but it was raining when we started so we did the tourist route instead. We had every from of precipitation known to man at various points of the route including a snow storm when we summited.

Really great hike up the hill. Didn't get any sunshine this day, even though the rest of my stay in Scotland was more like sunny California weather. Reached the top, and celebrated by eating wedding cake, left over from my friend's wedding 3 days earlier! Next time I'm taking the more difficult path.

My very first mountain ever! I did it in a motorbike-trouser made of leather and felt a little bit as a stranger in this large queue of people. But it was a great day out (despite of the weather - hey, this is Scotland!) and obviously I was hooked ...

Was guiding a group of my classmates up the Ben on this beautiful day, some of which had never been in the hills before. Best weather i've ever encountered on Ben Nevis, and got back down to Achintee with a nice sunburn. My ex-girlfriend came back the same day from Malaga, and you should've see the look on her face when she saw the color of my skin :P

Beautiful mountain in a beautiful country. I can't wait to get back to the highlands. I road the train up from Oxford and climbed Ben Nevis, everything was great except for the train being delayed on the return due to cows on the track.

In November 1960 as a final gesture before leaving the UK for good, I hitchhiked northward from Oxford. After a tramp in the English Lake District, I found myself at Fort William beyond Glasgow. While my memory of this uphill hike has faded, I remember following a trail in dense fog to Nevis's summit still enveloped in clouds. Lack of any view disappointed me but I felt some satisfaction of having reached the highest point in the British Isles.
I subsequently hitchhiked along Loch Ness to Inverness and on around Scotland to Edinburgh. There on a rainy Sunday morning before the castle, I met a madcap American heiress and had a smashing time riding in her rented Ford around Edinburgh looking for a bar to have a drink, then hurried south to England to find an open pub while carrying a lump of coal to Newcastle. At around midnight, we found the country hotel along Hadrian's Wall. Far more exciting than mountain climbing. Whoopie!

Climbed up Ledge Route,condition of the ice was poor but a fine mountain route all the same.No technical difficulties,and was rewarded with very fine views of Loch Lhinne and Aonach Mhor.A 10 half hour day took its toll,but the party up a mountain the night after made up for the pain!!